Podcast Appalachia is back! In this episode, I look at the life and times of James Still, widely regarded as one of the Appalachian region...

It's a special Christmas edition of Podcast Appalachia, featuring Christmas memories and stories from the Appalachian region! You can li...

The latest episode of Podcast Appalachia is now available. In this episode, we examine the colorful history and culture of moonshine, the mo...

Longtime East Tennessee residents probably remember the controversial Tellico Dam, built by the TVA during the 1970s as a means of bringing ...

After a sixteen month hiatus, Podcast Appalachia is back! In this episode, I examine the history of the "lost" State of Franklin. ...

All Things Considered ran another story yesterday afternoon on Mountaintop Removal Mining and the administration's recent moves against...

In news that is sure to be met with glee for most readers of this blog, the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday announced it was revie...

Now & Then winter issue celebrates ‘Fabric of Appalachia’ Tuesday, February 03, 2009 JOHNSON CITY – The fall/winter issue of Now & ...

If you're in the Huntsville, AL area you'll want to get yourself on over to Burritt on the Mountain this weekend. A brand new play ...

I'd like to direct your attention to another great blog focused on our fair region. Appy-Love is a relatively new project, and is comi...

Clay Owen The 75th anniversary of the opening of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is soon approaching. The most-vis...

The Museum of Appalachia's Tennessee Fall Homecoming is one of the finest and most-important events each year in all of Appalachia. W...

So the western part of middle Tennessee would be considered only barely on the fringes of Appalachia by any definition, however I thought I...

While driving to church yesterday morning, I spotted my first sign that fall was here. Lying in the middle of the road was an old familiar s...

Some religious signs from a recent highly bumpercropulous swing through southeastern West Virginia. There was a great, raucous Holiness serv...